As pubs face closure and landlords fight to stay afloat, some communities are joining the fight to protect their locals.

A tool which has become relied upon is the asset of community value (ACV) - a process which gives buildings and areas an extra layer of protection.

Once listed, it will go onto a register for five years and, if put up for sale during that time, the community can enact the Community Right to Bid, which provides a six-month period in which they can decide if they can raise the cash to buy it.

The York Tavern, in Leicester Street, is the subject of an ongoing application.

Despite the pub being an ACV by that point, planning officers said: "Local planning authorities have discretion over whether to consider ACV listing a material planning consideration. Given the justification set out by the applicant discussed above, the loss of the public house is considered to be acceptable in this instance."

- Heath House, Gertrude Road

Expires on August 2, 2023

The pub remains open.

The bowling green was listed in 2015 after a dispute broke out between pub landlords and the Heath House Bowling Club, who were told they didn't drink enough beer to use the green.

It came after Norfolk County Council listed the 12-acre woodland on its 'for sale' portfolio, but in 2014 the council confirmed the sale would not go ahead.

The area's listing will expire on November 19, 2023.

Just one ACV application has been rejected in the last five years.

On Christmas Eve, 2015, plans to list the Cricketers Rest, on Queens Road, were rejected, with an appeal of that decision set to be held on the same date in 2020.

The council said "nonwithstanding the length of time that the pub operated for prior to closing, that a period of five and a half years is too long for it to be concluded that the building has furthered hte interests of the local community or social wellbeing in the recent past".